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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1893
Page
3
The Bloomfield Democrat extols its importance to town life and invites readers to subscribe at 1.59 for twelve months. It promotes office hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and offers a sample copy to prospective subscribers.
Local items report lamp lighting campaigns and street clearing for Christmas, new houses for sale, school opening in Linton, literary club ideas, and health notices. Mentions Henry Kessler illness, Hood's Sarsaparilla ad, and theater at the Opera House. Includes railroad derailment near Newton and local charity calls for the poor ahead of Christmas.
Local items list residents and visitors from Lyons Newark Worthington Owensburg Jasonville and other towns. Among them are court appearances by Frank Moore Wilber A Hay W J Carmichael and Jno D Moore. A biographical portrait highlights Rev B F Cavins D D of Peru Indiana and his Greene county roots.
In Hobbleville and surrounding townships, residents including J. W. Pruett Marshall Bullock and Dan McIntosh were seen about town Friday and Saturday. The piece notes several visits by Ada Owen Abby Dyer Lulu Beach and others, mentions dueling pistol relics from the Civil War, and urges a cash-only policy after December 11 while warning against gambling and promoting moral conduct.
The Bloomfield Democrat notes the marriage of Will R Cravens and Bliss Bell Danks in Patoka Indiana on a Wednesday morning. The couple reside in Bloomfield after a ceremony at the bride’s father home witnessed by several local friends including the Cravens and Danks families. Cravens, a Bloomfield physician educated at Indiana University and the Kentucky School of Medicine, is praised for skill and character. The article extends warm wishes for their happiness and a lasting good life together.
The Greene County Commissioners' Court opened with Wm. McCloud H. Owen and new member Hilsberry Anderson taking office. Anderson swore oath Monday and gains a role in guarding county interests. The Democrat supports advancing improvements and public enterprise under the new board.
Last week Worthington police arrested several men in a larceny case tied to thefts from an Indianapolis and Vincennes Railway car. Two boys led to an affidavit against five other men. four were arrested and one posted bail. Proceedings moved to circuit court as goods including coffee, muslin, stockings, shoes, flannels and gloves were displayed. The thefts have continued for six months with goods found at various locations.
Since the last report Newell J. Burch and Amanda Fry Curtis M. Barr and Lucretia M. E. Cooke George M Notter and Kady Morris Frank Q. Newsom and Ollie Crance are now licensed to wed. The rest of the text references tea and a catalog of blank deed forms.
The listing notes a range of town assets including a good dentist, many dogs, four churches, fifteen lawyers, an opera house, sociable residents, a harness shop, three drug stores, two marble shops, a healthy climate, two livery stables, three barber shops, three furniture stores, three secret societies, a good photographer, three indicacry stores, three dry goods stores, a beautiful courthouse, educational opportunities, a narrow gauge railroad, a first class flouring mill, and an obliging citizen set including G A R and S of V organizations and many old maids and bachelors.
Teachers of Greene county held a crowded, pleasant evening at the opera house. The program featured a male quartet song Welcome To Night and a children’s chorus including Our First Thanksgiving Day, Two Little Girls in Blue, and Remember Thy Creator. The event highlighted training and refined performance, with praise for the little singers and a warm community mood.
The event on November 30 1893 drew two young ladies from Sola berry two from Bloomfield and two from Lyons. Miss Torrence of Salsberry won the medal presented by Rev Whitsett who praised mothers and sisters. Judges were De Herold Will Cravens and Miss Hays. Lyons choir provided music. Admission ten cents adults others free. Receipts 550 dollars. The article explains Greene county’s share of a homeless girls industrial home fund and notes a partial payment and allocation from proceeds. The Prohi party did not receive any funds.
The piece argues advertising hinges on honest circulation data and that papers must target buyers. It boasts the Democrat’s superior Greene county reach and invites readers to inspect circulation records, then abruptly shifts to a sale listing a 30 horsepower boiler at Jones' Planing Mill and a trading notice.
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